{"id":354552,"date":"2024-02-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552"},"modified":"2024-02-14T17:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T15:21:41","slug":"scammers-targeting-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552","title":{"rendered":"Scammers targeting youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria David<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials and requesting their banking details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This warning follows reports of scammers enticing young individuals to click on a link containing an image of Minister Agnes Tjongarero, supposedly regarding an online application for a Youth Development Grant for 2024\/2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement issued by Ministry Chief Public Relations Officer Aina Shikesho on Tuesday, she expressed concern over scammers targeting young people on social media platforms, fraudulently claiming to represent the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-274x183.jpg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-80x54.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-130x87.jpg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-359x240.jpg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-85x57.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-546x365.jpg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-165x109.jpg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-112x75.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-179x120.jpg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-170x113.jpg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-81x55.jpg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-765x510.jpg 765w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-285x190.jpg 285w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/426160497_783360297156369_3397649291392235987_n.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shikesho emphasized that the ministry has not distributed any such link, and the public is advised against clicking on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Similarly, individuals pretending to be employees of the Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service have been contacting young people, particularly at the ministry&#8217;s Frans Dimbare Youth Skills Training Centre in Divundu, Kavango East region,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These impostors inform young people that they have been accepted at the centre and request their banking details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shikesho clarified that the ministry has not announced or released the names of successful applicants for the Frans Dimbare Youth Skills Training Centre. Furthermore, she said that centre employees would not ask young people for their banking details, as it is not part of the application process. Therefore, young people are cautioned against providing their personal banking information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials and requesting their banking details. This warning follows reports of scammers enticing young individuals to click on a link containing an image of Minister Agnes Tjongarero, supposedly regarding an online application &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":354565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scammers targeting youth - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scammers targeting youth - Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Informant\u00e9\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-15T09:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg?fit=1344%2C888&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@informantenews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\"},\"headline\":\"Scammers targeting youth\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-15T09:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552\",\"name\":\"Scammers targeting youth - Informant\u00e9\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-15T09:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg\",\"width\":1344,\"height\":888},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?p=354552#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Scammers targeting youth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"name\":\"Informant\u00e9\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Informante\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":656,\"caption\":\"Informante\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/informantenam\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/informantenews\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/informante_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80\",\"name\":\"Staff Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Staff Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/informante.web.na\\\/?author=10\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Scammers targeting youth - Informant\u00e9","description":"THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Scammers targeting youth - Informant\u00e9","og_description":"THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials...","og_url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552","og_site_name":"Informant\u00e9","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","article_published_time":"2024-02-15T09:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1344,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg?fit=1344%2C888&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Staff Reporter","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@informantenews","twitter_site":"@informantenews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552"},"author":{"name":"Staff Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80"},"headline":"Scammers targeting youth","datePublished":"2024-02-15T09:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552"},"wordCount":230,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","articleSection":["News","Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552","name":"Scammers targeting youth - Informant\u00e9","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-15T09:00:00+00:00","description":"THE Ministry of Sport, Youth, and National Service has urged young people to be cautious of scammers pretending to be ministry officials...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Scammers-targeting-youth-Informante-Image-workspace_Facebook.jpg","width":1344,"height":888},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=354552#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Scammers targeting youth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#website","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","name":"Informant\u00e9","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#organization","name":"Informante","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Informante-Logo-box-1.png","width":655,"height":656,"caption":"Informante"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/informantenam","https:\/\/x.com\/informantenews","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/informante_news","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-cBl9A2bCMZZphxM2pyMkw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/#\/schema\/person\/6ab65e7153fe62b690517153b8913a80","name":"Staff Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6a3f99fe38bd6004877c284045a2c7874eaab29eb08429df5cabc23908fc45aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Staff Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?author=10"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=354552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/354565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=354552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=354552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=354552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}